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Recently, a study by WHO also pointed out that Delhi has the worst air quality among cities in India. This report also highlighted the increasing number of Indian cities, which are slowly reaching the levels of Delhi in terms of pollution. WHO collected data from more than 4300 cities and 108 countries.

NASA’s first-ever mission to study the deep interior of Mars is on schedule to launch this week, the US space agency said. The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) is the first planetary mission to take off from the West Coast of US.

Tramadol, a painkiller pharma drug, has been declared a “psychotropic substance” by the Union government and its sale in the country will now be strictly monitored after the NCB said it was being internationally smuggled, and had possible supply links to the global terror group ISIS.

Scientists have developed the world’s first truly holographic video-conference system, which allows people in different locations to appear before one another in life-size 3D, as if they were in the same room.

Including almonds in the diet may significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease among Indians, who are more prone to heart disorders than their European counterparts, the latest review of over 1,500 studies has found.

In these excerpts from Arun Shourie’s Anita Gets Bail, the author stresses on the need for judges to make an extra effort to learn where the world is headed, as there are great consequences of the opinions they form.

From Madhya Pradesh’s Khajuraho temples to Tamil Nadu’s Pancha Rathas monument complex, India has always had a glorious tradition of sculpture art. Over the years, though, other forms of art pushed sculptures into the shadows. But now, some contemporary artists in the country are attempting to bring the art form back into the limelight, adding their own unique signature and style

Reigniting the debate over exposure to the “blue light” emitted by outdoor LED screens and heightened risk of cancer, an international team of researchers have concluded that there is a “strong link” between the two.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first image of a surviving companion to a supernova, a compelling evidence that some supernovas originate in double-star systems, the US space agency said.

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have successfully 3D printed electronics on the human hand for the first time, that could enable soldiers on the battlefield to quickly make temporary sensors and detect hazardous agents.

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Indian stock markets started higher on Thursday with BSE Sensex rising more than 100 points as blue-chip shares of India's second-largest IT company Infosys and country's largest housing financier HDFC contributed considerably to the upsurge.

The country's GDP growth will accelerate to 7.5 per cent this financial year, from 6.6 per cent in the last fiscal, on better performance from the industrial and agricultural sectors, a report said today.

Cab-hailing firm Uber will re-invest profits in its products and technology, emerging markets like India and to scale up its Uber Eats and JUMP businesses globally, its chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi said.